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'6. n. ALBRECHT AND A. GoEDEcKER.

CARRIER FOR PHONOGRAPH RECORDS; A-PPLICATIIINv FILED APR. I8, I-9I9.

iatented'Nov; ,4, 1919.

I)Hl/IIIIIW n l y E ycpv www ' CHARLES IRI. ALBRECHT, OAF NEW YORK,., N. Y., ANI) ADOLPI-I GOEDECMR, OF HAGKEN- SACK, NEW JERSEY.

CARRIER FOR PHONOGRAPH-RECORDS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4, i919.

Application led April 18, 1,919. Serial No. 290,960'.

i To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES R. AL-

'BRnoH'r and ADoLPH. GOEDECKER, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at

Tompkinsville, in the borough of Richmond of the city of New York, in the State of New York, and Hackensack, in thel State of New Jersey, have invented certa-1n new l and useful Improvements in Carriers for Phonograph-Records, of which" the following is a specification, reference being had` to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof. f"

Inl the widespread use of dlsk phonographs it'frequently happens that recordswhich' they can be handled conveniently Iin I1.

the selection of one record .or another. accordance with the mvention thedrawmg consists of a two-part case, wlth a pin or stud Xed in one part and provided with a suitable clamp, which pin or stud 1s en` gaged with the other part when the carrier is closed, while the removable pin or stud is provided for use in such other part when the carrier is o en. The invention will be' The carrier maybe made of'wood,`f1ber,

metal or any suitable material and consists of two parts, a' and b, preferably of substantially equal depth and preferably hinged together at c. Each part may be of any suitable dimensions of any suitable shape,

although for convenience in manufacture and in use thetwo parts are preferably rectangular in shape and of a diameter such that -theymay receive records of the usual size.- The. two parts of the case may be provided with handles d. and also with suitable clips or fastening devices e for securing the two `parts together when thecarrier 1s Iclosed. In thecenter of one of the parts, as a, is fixed a pm f, on which is mounted a spring plate g, with a hub h and set screw The extremity ofthe pin or stud f is preferably reduced as at f' so that it may enter a socket 7c which is secured centrally to the other member b of the carrier, Whereby thepin 'or stud f is supported at both ends when the carrier is closed and thereforeis not likely to be broken ofi' or displaced by the weight of the records thereof. ,A removable'pin or stud m is provided and adaptedto `be screwed 4into the socket la, When' the carrier is open, as shown in,

Fig. 4, so that records may be transferred I Areadily from one. side to the other and held in position. Each member of the carrier may be provided with asuitable pad, as at n, and a washer o is provided to be interposed between the spring clamp g and the topmost recordion the pin When the carrier 1s to be loaded the spring clamp g and washer o are withdrawn from the pin or stud 7' and the records are then placed in position and the washer and spring clamp are replaced and pressed down so that the records shall be held firmly in position. When the carrier is closed the end of the pin or stud f enters the socket k of the member b and is so supported at both. Aends.

When the carrier is open, as shown in Figs' 3 and 4, the removable pin or stud m is taken from the spring holder m1 provided therefor in one corner of the member b and is screwed into the socket 7c. When therecords in the part a are released they can be transferred from one pin or stud to the other and so held in position.

We claim as our invention:

A 'carrier for disk records comprising two case Vmembers hinged together along one side, means for fastening the case members together along the opposite side, a stud secured centrally' in one of the case members, a socket secured centrally .to the other of the case members, and a second stud adapted to be secured removably in said socket.

This specification signed this 14th day of April, A. D. 1919. A

CHARLES R. ALBRECHT. ADOLPH GOEDECKER. 

